<p>BJP’s Haveri MLA Neharu Olekar, his two sons and several officials have been convicted in a corruption case by the special court for cases involving MPs/MLAs.</p>.<p>The court sentenced Olekar and his sons Devaraj and Manjunath to two years’ simple imprisonment and fined them Rs 2,000 each.</p>.<p>Officials sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and fined of Rs 2,000 are H K Rudrappa (retired deputy director, Commerce and Industry), H K Kallappa (retired assistant executive engineer, PWD), Shivakumar Puttaiah Kamadod (SDC, Shiggaon), Chandramohan P S (retired assistant executive engineer, PWD) and K Krishna Naik (assistant engineer, CMC, Haveri).</p>.<p>Special court judge B Jayantha Kumar directed that out of the total fine amount, Rs 10,000 shall be paid to the complainant Shashidhar Mahadevappa Hallikeri.</p>.<p>Hallikeri had filed a private complaint in 2012 alleging that Olekar colluded with his sons to bag all government contracts. Santhosh S Nagarale, Special Public Prosecutor, said that the charge sheet filed in September 2017 stated that Olekar’s sons produced false work-done certificates endorsed by the other accused to bag contracts.</p>.<p>The court said Olekar abused his position and fraudulently obtained pecuniary advantage for his children.</p>
<p>BJP’s Haveri MLA Neharu Olekar, his two sons and several officials have been convicted in a corruption case by the special court for cases involving MPs/MLAs.</p>.<p>The court sentenced Olekar and his sons Devaraj and Manjunath to two years’ simple imprisonment and fined them Rs 2,000 each.</p>.<p>Officials sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and fined of Rs 2,000 are H K Rudrappa (retired deputy director, Commerce and Industry), H K Kallappa (retired assistant executive engineer, PWD), Shivakumar Puttaiah Kamadod (SDC, Shiggaon), Chandramohan P S (retired assistant executive engineer, PWD) and K Krishna Naik (assistant engineer, CMC, Haveri).</p>.<p>Special court judge B Jayantha Kumar directed that out of the total fine amount, Rs 10,000 shall be paid to the complainant Shashidhar Mahadevappa Hallikeri.</p>.<p>Hallikeri had filed a private complaint in 2012 alleging that Olekar colluded with his sons to bag all government contracts. Santhosh S Nagarale, Special Public Prosecutor, said that the charge sheet filed in September 2017 stated that Olekar’s sons produced false work-done certificates endorsed by the other accused to bag contracts.</p>.<p>The court said Olekar abused his position and fraudulently obtained pecuniary advantage for his children.</p>
